History Series / LegoMasters

** In the Season 1, these guests were Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller, [[Series/NailedIt Nicole Byer]], Creator/TerryCrews, and the most well-known ''Franchise/StarWars'' droids: [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8]].

* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Boone from Season 1 revealed during the ''Holiday Bricktacular'' that although he finished in second place in his season, he won the "aftermath", becoming a designer at LEGO. Sam goes for Dave from Season 3, who also became a designer at LEGO despite ending up in third.

* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Boone from Season 1 revealed during the ''Holiday Bricktacular'' that although he finished in second place in his season, he won the "aftermath", becoming a designer at LEGO. Sam goes for Sam from Season 3, who also became a designer at LEGO, despite ended up in third.

* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: Boone from Season 1 revealed during the ''Holiday Bricktacular'' that although he finished in second place in his season, he won the "aftermath", becoming a designer at LEGO.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Will tries to portray himself as the {{Jerkass}} character type that he's played before. However, he admits that he is just playing one and has broken character to give the competitors a pep talk whenever they need it. One episode in the Season 1 even had him helping Jessie and Kara move their build. In the third season's Christmas special, he's outright distraught when many of the contestants think that he's naughty.

* NonGameplayElimination: Near the end of Season 5's Cirque of Soleil challenge, [[spoiler:Poppy from Poppy and Ben]] wasn't feeling well and wasn't around for the final critique. At the beginning of the next episode, it was revealed that they withdrew due to [[spoiler:Poppy's]] health issues.

** During Season 2's Demolition Derby, Zack and Wayne built a purple car called "Purple Punisher". The car's design was modeled after a tank, with the build being low to the ground and the wheels being covered by the build (causing it to resemble a moving brick). The judges noted that, while their build was almost certainly the ''strongest'' of the teams', their covered wheels could be a huge flaw, as something could get caught in them and cause the car to get stuck. [[spoiler:This proved to be correct in the end: while they were able to get into second place in the demolition derby itself, since their build was strong enough to withstand blows, their car got stuck when they moved over a small brick. Without any way to dislodge the brick, Dave and Richard were able to snag an easy victory.]]

* FashionShow: Done in Season 2, Episode 4. The teams had to build a hat out of LEGO-based on the color clothing they got, then one member from each team had to walk out on a runway wearing their build and clothing, and when they got to the end of the runway they had to have the build balance on their head for 5 seconds. [[spoiler:Zack and Wayne were the only group to walk out to the runway without using their hands, something the judges pointed out when they got second place.]] The trope is also played up in the beginning of the episode, as Will is shown doing a fashion shoot and the judges are in full fashion make-up and outfits.

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Ethan and Dom]] in Season 3, Episode 7 won the challenge and chose one of two boxes (one had 90000 Lego bricks, the other had the Golden Brick) while also choosing a team to get the other box. [[spoiler:They choose Brendan and Greg since they were the most likely to go home that episode, which could have removed the Golden Brick from play if they got it. Everything played out as Ethan and Dom anticipated, with Brendan and Greg getting the Golden Brick and then going to the bottom two... only for Will to reveal that no one was going home that week, meaning the Golden Brick was still in play as Brendan and Greg didn't go home. This mistake comes back to haunt Ethan and Dom in the next episode, where they end up in the bottom and are swiftly eliminated.]]

** Played unfortunately straight in Season 3, where [[spoiler:Drew and Miranda]] got sent home in the first episode.

** In the first season, Will quips that Christian must work out a lot to get his abs. Christian finds it ActuallyPrettyFunny.
** Season two shows Will doing rapid-fire poses in front of a photographer while dressed in a nicely fitting white shirt. The women appreciate it far more than most of the guys, with Randall reacting in a comedy-gold confession-cam of him imitating Will before Syreeta cuts him off.

* HonestJohnsDealership: In the first season, Travis and Corey attempt to play with this trope when they present their "Cut in Half" build. It didn't work on the judges.
* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: When [[spoiler:Aaron and Christian]] are eliminated in the first season, they say that being on the set was worth more than all the money in the world, being able to work with LEGO. This moves Will to tears.

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Will tries to portray himself as the {{Jerkass}} character type that he's played before. However, he admits that he is just playing one and has broken character to give the competitors a pep talk whenever they need it. One episode in the first season even had him helping Jessie and Kara move their build. In the third season's Christmas special, he's outright distraught when many of the contestants think that he's naughty.

** The first season's Tyler and Amy have this reaction when they learn that [[spoiler:they would have been eliminated in the ''Star Wars'' challenge had Will not insisted that the top three teams compete in the finale]].
** Aaron and Christian had this reaction during the first season's "Mega City Block" challenge when their skyscraper build falls over while they're moving it towards the judges' table. Aaron was so despondent about it happening ''after'' time up that he ran off backstage, leading to Christian consoling him. [[spoiler:Luckily for them, the teams were called there because there was still more to the build, which meant that they had time to rebuild it. This caused them to be able to fix the build and come in 2nd place.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Compared to the rest of the teams in the first season, Tyler and Amy are very calm and happy about their work. The ''Star Wars'' episode is the only one where they are genuinely worried, especially when their droid loses its head multiple times.

** In the first season's "Heroes vs Villains" build, the four teams left, who up to this point were rivals, had to team up and became 2 vs 2 and the two bigger teams had to create a huge build together.
** The second season's "Puppet Masters" has the six teams left up to this point and team up to become 2 vs 2 vs 2 in order to put on a puppet show. Some of the teams even referenced this as they were now working with their rivals.

* SelfDeprecation: Will frequently engages with this. For instance, in the very first episode, he declares himself an expert on [=LEGOs=] before "being told" that the plural is actually "LEGO". Or later in the same season, when he pretends to call his agent and acts like he has to remind the agent who he is. In Season Two, he became jealous of a more successful puppet version of himself; and in Season Three's Wild West episode, he made some bad puns that were punctuated by [[ChirpingCrickets tumbleweeds drifting across the set]].

* SerialEscalation: Parodied multiple times in the first episode of the second season. The intro claims that the season will be "Bigger! Better! Brickier!", with the last word followed by a contestant asking if [[PerfectlyCromulentWord that's a real word]]. When Will boasts about the new features of the season, he includes "more editing" and "more graphic effects", and claims that the cash prize has been increased... by one dollar, before production corrects him that no, it hasn't. He then shows off an impressive new trophy... which ends up being a case of BigShadowLittleCreature.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Several episodes have aired previews of the later episodes ''before'' the results had been announced, showing viewers who were eliminated. This showed up big when previews for the first season's ninth episode (''Star Wars'') were shown during the eighth episode (Storybook), spoiling that [[spoiler:Aaron and Christian were eliminated]].
* TreehouseOfFun: A Season Three build has the builders make LEGO treehouses, using actual (miniature) trees.
* UnflinchingWalk: The second episode of season two was all about making LEGO bricks explode with a LEGO Minifigure made to look as if they were walking away from the explosion. This was also parodied by Will where he starts the episode walking away from an exploding trailer.

** Played unfortunately straight in season 3, where [[spoiler:Drew and Miranda]] got sent home in the first episode.

The series follows teams consisting of two Lego-building competitors, tasked with building creations out of Lego pieces based on a given theme within a given time period. After the allotted time to build, the teams demonstrate their creations to host Will Arnett and Judges, Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard. The judges name the winning build and as well as the bottom two teams, explaining why teams were selected in this fashion. They then announce the losing team, who, with the exception of a few episodes, are eliminated from the competition. In addition to this judging, Amy and Jamie provide suggestions to the teams mid-way through the build. Some episodes also have special guest stars, who appear in the middle of the episode to talk with the teams about their builds.

** During the first season's Super-Bridges episode, Tyler and Amy say that they had never built a bridge before and didn't even know the physics involved in building one, so they decide to focus on making the bridge look pretty and hopefully getting 2nd to last place. [[spoiler:Their bridge is one of two that hit the ''one thousand pounds'' mark, putting them in 2nd place. Even they're surprised by how well they do when they outperform Aaron and Christian, as Aaron is an engineer who's built bridges with LEGO before.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: In the first season, Christian gives a FascinatingEyebrow when Will quips that he must have weights in his dressing room for working out.

* AllForNothing: Mark and Steven decided to use the Golden Brick because they did not think their build was the best in the second season, episode 10. [[spoiler:Not only did they win first place, but they found out that ''nobody was going home'' that week, so the Golden Brick wouldn't have done anything even if they were in the bottom two. While they did not address it directly, they appeared to be pretty upset that they wasted the Golden Brick.]]

* ArtisticLicenseChildLaborLaws: Lampshaded and defied in the first season's storybook episode. Will clarifies that the children that they bring in for inspiration can't physically help with the storybook displays because it would break child labor laws.
* ArtShift: In several episodes (such as the first episode of season 2), the show animates one or two of the builds with moving and talking LEGO figures, produced by Creator/StoopidBuddyStudios.

** Amy told Will during the first season that she had recently found out that she was pregnant and hoped to use the prize money on a down payment of a house and for the new baby. [[spoiler:After getting in first place in the competition and winning the prize money, Tyler and Amy said that they will use the money for a head start in helping build their new family.]]

** The final episode of the first season has all of the teams back that were eliminated to cheer on the last teams.
** The final episode of the second season brought back a majority of the cameos and a lot of the other gimmicks Will had used throughout the second season.
* BigShadowLittleCreature: Used in the Season Two premiere. Will shows off a silhouette of the gigantic new trophy the contestants could win that season -- and then the screen collapses, revealing that the displayed trophy is actually tiny.
* BrokeTheRatingScale: In the first season, the bridge building competition had about 450 pounds of weights prepared for the structures. Most of the bridges ended up clocking in at well over 450 pounds, so they were forced to use the bags for the camera crew as additional weights. Additionally, two bridges ended up clocking in at ''one thousand pounds'' and for safety reasons couldn't have any more weights added to them.

* CallBack: Aaron and Christian's messy house build in the seventh episode of the first season actually contains references to builds from preceding episodes. %%Like what?

** In the first season, these guests were Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller, [[Series/NailedIt Nicole Byer]], Creator/TerryCrews, and the most well-known ''Franchise/StarWars'' droids: [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers C-3PO, R2-D2 and BB-8]].
** The second season treat the majority of guest stars as part of introduction skit using video conferencing due to the ongoing UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, due to this the number of guests are drastically reduced. A crossover happens where Will dials ''Series/NineOneOne'' (the series, not the actual emergency number) and talks with Creator/JenniferLoveHewitt, who is playing her character Maddie Kendall during the episode. Another episode has Creator/KenJeong in a conference call while Will is talking with his boss,[[note]]A PaperThinDisguise of Will, recorded earlier, wearing only a fake mustache[[/note]] not knowing why he is in the call. For episode 8, [[Creator/MuppetPerformers Steve Whitmire]] performed Willy, a puppet version of Will out to steal his job.
** The third season includes UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} astronauts Jessica Meir (in person) and Dr. Thomas Marshburn (via video call) for a spaceship build, Creator/ChrisPratt and Blue the raptor to cross-promote ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'', and UsefulNotes/{{NASCAR}} driver Jeff Gordon for a race car build.

** Season 1's Final episode had teams create a design with no themes and they would pick their own themes. By Season 2, the final build still had a theme like the rest of the episodes.

** The first challenge of the first season is to make a theme park build with a moving ride. Manny and Nestor's rollercoaster fails halfway, Mark and Boone's ride gets stuck due to them jostling it, and Sam and Jessica's bumper cars break apart while being judged.

* EvilLaugh: During the first season's "Heroes vs Villains" build, the teams who had the villains played with this trope throughout the build.

** The first season's second episode played with this trope, in which LEGO builds were blown up, smashed or dropped from a height and exploded, with the Judges not only commenting on how well the build is but how well it breaks apart, as well as how the story of the build integrates with the moment of the smash.
** Happened again during the second season's second episode. This time the builds would have a controlled explosive to tell a story for what happened, which could be water, colored powder, slime, or glitter.
** The third season's second episode plays this straighter, in large part due to its tie-in with ''Film/JurassicWorldDominion'': fireballs and explosions are among the special effects that could be selected for each team's dinosaur-themed builds.

* FashionShow: Done in Season 2, Episode 4. The teams had to build a hat out of LEGO-based on the color clothing they got, then one member from each team had to walk out on a runway wearing their build and clothing, and when they got to the end of the runway they had to have the build balance on their head for 5 seconds. [[spoiler:Zack and Wayne were the only group to walk out to the runway without using their hands, something the Judges pointed out when they got 2nd Place.]] The trope is also played up in the beginning of the episode, as Will is shown doing a fashion shoot and the Judges are in full fashion make-up and outfits.

** Richard and Flynn from Season One have been married for several years, and they reassure each other that no matter what happens, they fail or succeed together.
** Also from Season One, Tyler and Amy are one of the best teams. They also are married and enjoy each other's company.
** Season 2 has Maria and Philip, who have been married for 16 years with 2 kids.
* HeroStoleMyBike: At the beginning of Season One's "Cut in Half" episode, Will rides in on a bicycle and assures the builders that he didn't steal a little boy's bike. [[NoExceptYes He stole a]] little ''girl's'' bike (to which one of the builders quips, [[SarcasmMode "Much better"]]).

* TechnicianVsPerformer: In Season One, Mark and Boone are the technicians to Amy and Tyler's Performers in the droid challenge. [[spoiler:The judges pick Tyler and Amy for their droid having a vibrant personality and a clear story. Mark and Boone learn from this and in the next challenge focus on the performer side, which earns them the main win]].

** Sam and Jessica started off as one of the weaker teams in Season One, coming in at the bottom two in the first two episodes. After the second episode, they refocused their efforts and came in second place in the "Cut in Half" build. After that, they have become one of the toughest teams to beat, typically either coming in second or winning builds, [[spoiler:and eventually being one of the teams in the finale. The judges confirmed that they would have been in the top two if the ''Star Wars'' episode had eliminated a team, and in the finale proper, they were in third place overall. Sam and Jessica commented how much the two of them grew from those first two episodes.]]

** During Season 2's Demolition Derby, Zack and Wayne built a purple car called "Purple Punisher". The car's design was modeled after a tank, with the build being low to the ground and the wheels being covered by the build (causing it to resemble a moving brick). The Judges noted that, while their build was almost certainly the ''strongest'' of the teams', their covered wheels could be a huge flaw, as something could get caught in them and cause the car to get stuck. [[spoiler:This proved to be correct in the end: while they were able to get into 2nd place in the demolition derby itself, since their build was strong enough to withstand blows, their car got stuck when they moved over a small brick. Without any way to dislodge the brick, Dave and Richard were able to snag an easy victory.]]

** During Season 1, Episode 6, the Super-Bridges episode, Jermaine and Mel made a huge mistake and were unable to have their bridge line up with the pre-made road. [[spoiler:This caused them to be disqualified and automatically place in the bottom 2 for not following the rules.]]
** In Season 2, Episode 2, Zach and Tim's explosive was supposed to have the building fall down with a POW! logo displayed behind it. When the explosive was set off, the building did not fall down, [[spoiler:putting them into the bottom 2]]. On a more minor scale, Steven and Mark also had an issue where their explosion knocked down the hero, causing their build to appear as if the villain won.
** In Season 2, Episode 6, Caleb and Jacob were able to win the first challenge and joined the demolition derby 30 seconds after the other contestants. This gave them a huge advantage, as most of the cars had already taken damage by that point. [[spoiler:However, as soon as they started, they spent a grand total of ''8 seconds'' in the derby before immediately driving off of the arena in an attempt to avoid the other cars. This embarrassing mistake caused them to be the first team eliminated in the derby, and they placed in the bottom 2.]]

** Mark and Steven in Season 2, Episode 9 gambled their Golden Brick with 5 teams left by not using it. They predicted that their build would not be in the top two. They also predicted that they were not going to be in the bottom two. If they were in the bottom 2, they would be forced to give up the Golden Brick and could leave the show. [[spoiler:It paid off, they were right in the middle of the groups as they predicted. The only team that was safe that week.]]
** Neena and Sam in Season 4, Episode 3 also gambled their Golden Brick. They were predicting that they wouldn't be in the top 2 but would still be in the middle. [[spoiler:Unlike Mark and Steven, it didn't work. They ended in the bottom 2 and had to give up the Golden Brick. They were both upset that not only did they lose the Golden Brick but also close to going home.]]

** Sam and Jessica started off as one of the weaker teams in Season One, coming in at the bottom two in the first two episodes. After the second episode, they refocused their efforts and came in second place in the "Cut in Half" build. After that, they have become one of the toughest teams to beat, typically either coming in second or winning builds, [[spoiler:and eventually being one of the teams in the finale. The judges confirmed that they would have been in the top two if the ''Star Wars'' episode had eliminated a team, and in the finale proper, they were in Third Place overall. Sam and Jessica commented how much the two of them grew from those first two episodes.]]

** In Season 2's Demolition Derby, the teams are tasked with building a car from memory in order to win an advantage in the main challenge. Caleb & Jacob had no clue about building a car or any of the features, so they decided to build what they thought would look best to the judges. [[spoiler:Their car was the closest to being correct, as they got a few minor details correct that no one else picked up on, allowing them to win the advantage.]]

** During Season 2's Demolition Derby, Zack & Wayne built a purple car called "Purple Punisher". The car's design was modeled after a tank, with the build being low to the ground and the wheels being covered by the build (causing it to resemble a moving brick). The Judges noted that, while their build was almost certainly the ''strongest'' of the teams', their covered wheels could be a huge flaw, as something could get caught in them and cause the car to get stuck. [[spoiler:This proved to be correct in the end: while they were able to get into 2nd place in the demolition derby itself, since their build was strong enough to withstand blows, their car got stuck when they moved over a small brick. Without any way to dislodge the brick, Dave & Richard were able to snag an easy victory.]]
** This trope was brought up about Zack & Wayne's builds by the other teams in Season 2. While the builds that Zack and Wayne make are technically impressive, they lack personality and have very little in terms of storytelling. This is shown with their placements in the episodes, as while they do get into the top two frequently, they've only won the first episode, and none after it.
** In Season 3 had Emily & Liam. One of the major issues that they ran into during each of their builds was time management. While their builds were impressive, they took a long time to build. They would typically start building last and finish just as within the final seconds. [[spoiler:During the Dog Show, they were unable to finish building the legs of the dog and would have been eliminated if not for using the golden brick. The second time they weren't so lucky and were unable to finish their ''Captain Marvel'' build. They were eliminated.]]

* AllForNothing: Mark & Steven decided to use the Golden Brick because they did not think their build was the best in the second season, episode 10. [[spoiler:Not only did they win first place, but they found out that ''nobody was going home'' that week, so the Golden Brick wouldn't have done anything even if they were in the bottom two. While they did not address it directly, they appeared to be pretty upset that they wasted the Golden Brick.]]

** In the first season, these guests were Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller, [[Series/NailedIt Nicole Byer]], Creator/TerryCrews, and the most well-known ''Franchise/StarWars'' droids: [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers C-3PO, R2-D2 & BB-8]].

** During Season 1, Episode 6, the Super-Bridges episode, Jermaine & Mel made a huge mistake and were unable to have their bridge line up with the pre-made road. [[spoiler:This caused them to be disqualified and automatically place in the bottom 2 for not following the rules.]]
** In Season 2, Episode 2, Zach & Tim's explosive was supposed to have the building fall down with a POW! logo displayed behind it. When the explosive was set off, the building did not fall down, [[spoiler:putting them into the bottom 2]]. On a more minor scale, Steven & Mark also had an issue where their explosion knocked down the hero, causing their build to appear as if the villain won.
** In Season 2, Episode 6, Caleb & Jacob were able to win the first challenge and joined the demolition derby 30 seconds after the other contestants. This gave them a huge advantage, as most of the cars had already taken damage by that point. [[spoiler:However, as soon as they started, they spent a grand total of ''8 seconds'' in the derby before immediately driving off of the arena in an attempt to avoid the other cars. This embarrassing mistake caused them to be the first team eliminated in the derby, and they placed in the bottom 2.]]

* FashionShow: Done in Season 2, Episode 4. The teams had to build a hat out of LEGO-based on the color clothing they got, then one member from each team had to walk out on a runway wearing their build and clothing, and when they got to the end of the runway they had to have the build balance on their head for 5 seconds. [[spoiler:Zack & Wayne were the only group to walk out to the runway without using their hands, something the Judges pointed out when they got 2nd Place.]] The trope is also played up in the beginning of the episode, as Will is shown doing a fashion shoot and the Judges are in full fashion make-up and outfits.

** Mark & Steven in Season 2, Episode 9 gambled their Golden Brick with 5 teams left by not using it. They predicted that their build would not be in the top two. They also predicted that they were not going to be in the bottom two. If they were in the bottom 2, they would be forced to give up the Golden Brick and could leave the show. [[spoiler:It paid off, they were right in the middle of the groups as they predicted. The only team that was safe that week.]]
** Neena & Sam in Season 4, Episode 3 also gambled their Golden Brick. They were predicting that they wouldn't be in the top 2 but would still be in the middle. [[spoiler:Unlike Mark & Steven, it didn't work. They ended in the bottom 2 and had to give up the Golden Brick. They were both upset that not only did they lose the Golden Brick but also close to going home.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Ethan & Dom]] in Season 3, Episode 7 won the challenge and chose one of two boxes (one had 90000 Lego bricks, the other had the Golden Brick) while also choosing a team to get the other box. [[spoiler:They choose Brendan & Greg since they were the most likely to go home that episode, which could have removed the Golden Brick from play if they got it. Everything played out as Ethan & Dom anticipated, with Brendan & Greg getting the Golden Brick and then going to the bottom two... only for Will to reveal that no one was going home that week, meaning the Golden Brick was still in play as Brendan & Greg didn't go home. This mistake comes back to haunt Ethan & Dom in the next episode, where they end up in the bottom and are swiftly eliminated.]]

** Season 2 has Maria & Philip, who have been married for 16 years with 2 kids.

* HonestJohnsDealership: In the first season, Travis & Corey attempt to play with this trope when they present their "Cut in Half" build. It didn't work on the judges.

*** Paras & Moto created a safari hat with a snake climbing a tree. When they were called to perform the walkway, their tree disconnected from the base when trying to pick it up. [[spoiler:While they did a quick rebuild, it wasn't enough, as the build dropped to the floor as soon as they took their hands off it. This mistake caused them to be eliminated.]]
*** Similarly, Dave & Richard's Carnevale hat was very big and unbalanced, with them expressing doubts over whether or not it would be able to stand up on its own. [[spoiler: When Richard took his hands off of the hat, it started to fall and nearly broke on the judges sitting down (to the point that Will tried to catch it with his hands while the other judges tried to move out of the way). It was due to quick thinking on Richard's part that prevented the build from falling directly on the judges... [[OutOfTheFryingPan and then it immediately fell onto the runway behind him]].]]

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Several episodes have aired previews of the later episodes ''before'' the results had been announced, showing viewers who were eliminated. This showed up big when previews for the first season's ninth episode (''Star Wars'') were shown during the eighth episode (Storybook), spoiling that [[spoiler:Aaron & Christian were eliminated]].

** During the first season's Super-Bridges episode, Tyler and Amy say that they had never built a bridge before and didn't even know the physics involved in building one, so they decide to focus on making the bridge look pretty and hopefully getting 2nd to last place. [[spoiler:Their bridge is one of two that hit the ''one thousand pounds'' mark, putting them in 2nd place. Even they're surprised by how well they do when they outperform Aaron & Christian, as Aaron is an engineer who's built bridges with LEGO before.]]

* NonGameplayElimination: Near the end of Season 5's Cirque of Soleil challenge, [[spoiler:Poppy from Poppy and Ben]] wasn't feeling well and wasn't around for the final critique. At the beginning of the next episode, it was revealed that they were removed due to [[spoiler:Poppy's]] health issues.

* NonGameplayElimination: Near the end of Season 5's Cirque of Soleil challenge, [[spoiler:Poppy from Poppy and Ben]] wasn't feeling well and wasn't around for the final critique. At the beginning of the next episode, it was revealed that they were removed due to Poppy's health issues.

* NonGameplayElimination: Near the end of Season 5's Cirque of Soleil challenge, Poppy from Poppy and Ben wasn't feeling well and wasn't around for the final critique. At the beginning of the next episode, it was revealed that they were removed due to Poppy's health issues.

* GambitRoulette: Mark & Steven in Season 2, Episode 9 gambled their Golden Brick with 5 teams left by not using it. They predicted that their build would not be in the top two. They also predicted that they were not going to be in the bottom two. If they were in the bottom 2, they would be forced to give up the Golden Brick and could leave the show. [[spoiler:It paid off, they were right in the middle of the groups as they predicted. The only team that was safe that week.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: Sam and Jessica started off as one of the weaker teams in Season One, coming in at the bottom two in the first two episodes. After the second episode, they refocused their efforts and came in second place in the "Cut in Half" build. After that, they have become one of the toughest teams to beat, typically either coming in second or winning builds, [[spoiler:and eventually being one of the teams in the finale. The judges confirmed that they would have been in the top two if the ''Star Wars'' episode had eliminated a team, and in the finale proper, they were in Third Place overall. Sam and Jessica commented how much the two of them grew from those first two episodes.]]

** Will's role as host is tied to the fact that he voiced [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie LEGO Batman]].

* CutenessProximity: A Season 3 episode involves building LEGO replicas of real-life dogs. Emily[[note]]of Dave and Emily, [[OneSteveLimit not Emily and Liam]][[/note]] {{Squee}}s for about a minute straight at getting to work with puppies, and Will stops the clock in the middle so that all teams can take a five-minute cuddle break with the dogs modeling for them.

* HandPuppet: In Season 2, a puppet of Will is introduced during Episode 8 where the teams make their own puppets. He is aware he is only a puppet and plays with it. It is also implied that he is much more successful than human Will. Also, the majority of the puppets the team make in this episode with LEGO are hand puppets (a few were more marionette puppets)

* HiddenDepths: Zach and Wayne reveal in the fashion episode that not only are they archers, but Wayne happens to be a certified coach. They use this as their inspiration for their hat.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted in Season 3, with the firefighter team of Stephen and Stephen. The same season also has two Emilys on different teams.

* YouBastard: Parodied in season 3's Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular, when Will calmly advises viewers that the lyrics of classic Christmas songs shouldn't be altered. He specifically notes that Batman doesn't smell.

* ActorAllusion: Will's role as host is tied to the fact that he voiced [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOBatmanMovie LEGO Batman]].

The first season aired February 5, 2020 on Creator/{{Fox}} after ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'', and the second season premiered on June 1, 2021. The series is also available for streaming on Hulu. A third season was initially set to premiere May 31, 2022 before being delayed to September of that year; and it was soon followed by a ''{{Celebrity|Edition}} [[ChristmasEpisode Holiday]] Bricktacular'' miniseries in December.

* ArtShift: In some episodes (such as the first episode of season 2), the show animates the builds with moving and talking LEGO figures as produced by Creator/StoopidBuddyStudios.
* BabiesEverAfter: Amy told Will during the first season that she had recently found out that she was pregnant and hoped to use the prize money on a down payment of a house and for the new baby. [[spoiler:After getting in first place in the competition and winning the prize money, Tyler and Amy said that they will use the money for a head start in helping build their new family.]]

** In the first season, these guests were Creator/MayimBialik, Creator/PhilLordAndChrisMiller, [[Series/NailedIt Nicole Byer]], Creator/TerryCrews, and the most well known ''Franchise/StarWars'' droids: [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers C-3PO, R2-D2 & BB-8]].

** Play unfortunately straight in season 3, where [[spoiler:Drew and Miranda]] got sent home in the first episode.

** During Season 2's Demolition Derby, Zack & Wayne built a purple car called "Purple Punisher". The car's design was modeled after a tank, with the build being low to the ground and the wheels being covered by the build (causing it to resemble a moving brick). The Judges noted that, while their build was almost certainly the ''strongest'' of the teams', their covered wheels could be a huge flaw, as something could get caught in them and cause the car to get stuck. [[spoiler: This proved to be correct in the end: while they were able to get into 2nd place in the demolition derby itself, since their build was strong enough to withstand blows, their car got stuck when they moved over a small brick. Without any way to dislodge the brick, Dave & Richard were able to snag an easy victory.]]

* AllForNothing: Mark & Steven decided to use the Golden Brick because they did not think their build was the best in the second season, episode 10. [[spoiler: Not only did they win first place, but they found out that ''nobody was going home'' that week, so the Golden Brick wouldn't have done anything even if they were in the bottom two. While they did not address it directly, they appeared to be pretty upset that they wasted the Golden Brick.]]
* AlwaysSecondBest: Zack and Wayne in Season 2, with the exception of the first episode, were almost always placed in 2nd place. [[spoiler: This also carried over to the finale, where they were yet again in second place.]]

** During Season 1, Episode 6, the Super-Bridges episode, Jermaine & Mel made a huge mistake and were unable to have their bridge line up with the pre-made road. [[spoiler: This caused them to be disqualified and automatically place in the bottom 2 for not following the rules.]]
** In Season 2, Episode 2, Zach & Tim's explosive was supposed to have the building fall down with a POW! logo displayed behind it. When the explosive was set off, the building did not fall down, [[spoiler: putting them into the bottom 2]]. On a more minor scale, Steven & Mark also had an issue where their explosion knocked down the hero, causing their build to appear as if the villain won.
** In Season 2, Episode 6, Caleb & Jacob were able to win the first challenge and joined the demolition derby 30 seconds after the other contestants. This gave them a huge advantage, as most of the cars had already taken damage by that point. [[spoiler: However, as soon as they started, they spent a grand total of ''8 seconds'' in the derby before immediately driving off of the arena in an attempt to avoid the other cars. This embarrassing mistake caused them to be the first team eliminated in the derby, and they placed in the bottom 2.]]

* HandPuppet: In Season 2, a puppet of Will is introduced during Episode 8 where the teams make their own puppets. He is aware he is only a puppet and plays with it. It is also implied that he is much more successful than human Will. Also, the majority of the puppets the team make in this episode with [=LEGO=] are hand puppets (a few were more marionette puppets)

* LiteralCliffhanger: Episode 11 of Season 2 was not only a cliffhanger to the final episode but also had to build a castle on the side of a cliff made out of [=LEGO=].

* MeanCharacterNiceActor: Will tries to portray himself as the {{Jerkass}} character type that he's played before. However, he admits that he is just playing one and has broken character to give the competitors a pep talk whenever they need it. One episode in the first season even had him helping Jessie and Kara move their build.